43.3% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Newcastle · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Newcastle
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved to Newcastle recently than in most similar areas. About 43.3% of residents shifted homes in the last five years, showing the city is attracting a steady stream of new arrivals.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving is common here, with 43.3% of people arriving in the last five years. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 39.9%, and the proportion has risen 3.7 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are much more common here than in most areas. While the figure fell 2.7 percentage points since 2011, 18.9% of residents arrived from abroad, which is well above the national figure of 14.5%.
18.9% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Newcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11103/newcastle/topic/mobility-location